Greek newspapers have spent the past week speculating on what further hardships citizens will face,including pension cuts, salary freezes and the prospect of job cuts.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

"These sanctions have caused tremendous hardships to Zimbabwe and her people."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

President Obama said the current system has led the country to a breaking point, imposing hardships on middle-class Americans who struggle to pay for health care, who are unable to obtain it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Saying the United States is the only advanced democracy and only wealthy nation that allows such hardships for millions of its people, the president said the time has come to put politics aside and solve the problem.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

President Obama told those gathered in the White House East Room that the story of America's women, like that of the United States itself, has peaks and valleys, but that ultimately it has been one of progress against hardships that women continue to confront.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"I am sure she would have restated it, but if you look in the entire sweep of the essay that she wrote, what is clear is that she was simply saying that her life experiences will give her information about the struggles and hardships that people are going through, that will make her a good judge,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.30